The Dragon's Teeth

The Teeth Of The Evidence

When a very odd but important millionaire was buried at the bottom
of the Caribbean Sea, it might have embarrassed Ellery Queen. After all,
the millionaire had been the first client of Ellery Queen, Inc. And
now the client had joined the mackerels he was deader than. The crew of
his yacht was scattered, and there was no autopsy to suggest the ways
and means of his death.
However, Ellery Queen, case-hardened and unembarrassed as ever, stepped
into the case without batting an eye, bringing along his new partner,
Beau Rummell, a tough egg with a yolk of gold. Together they sliced away
as mysterious a tangle of events as even Ellery Queen had ever seen. For
clues they had one fountain pen covered with tooth marks, and a few
additional corpses. The climax delighted Queen. He liked his cases
dramatic, especially with a beautiful girl or two thrown in.